Swinging crib.



A. C. BOICE. swmGlNe cms. APPLICATIUN FILED APR. I9. 1913- Patented Mar.6, 1917.

I rirarinn ABRAM c. Boron, oF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

swINGING CRIB.

Vliqlplication filed April 19, 1913.

quitos may be excluded without interfering y with the passage to theinterior of the crib of air as the crib is swung.

A further object of my invention is to4 provide a crib in which thesprings for supporting the mattress will be protected by screening, thedlsposition of the screening .being such that the springs in use willnot injure the screening material.

A further object of my invention is to provide a crib with side doorsand means for detachably supporting the doors in the raised or openposition.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.'

In' the drawings which illustrate the preferred embodiment of myinvention,

Figure l is a perspective view of my imr proved swinging crib, one ofthe doors being shown in the open position and a portion of the otherdoor being broken away.

F ig. 2 is a cross section Vof the frame, thev doors being closed andthe supports removed. f l

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the crib. Similar reference charactersdesignate similar parts in the different views. Y

l is a rectangular open frame the two side openings of which are adaptedto beA closed respectively by doors 2 to the upper edges of which areaffixed hinges 3 secured to the frame.

At opposite ends of the frame l are' secured flexible swinging supports,such as chains 4, the upper lends of which may be supported by anysuitable means, not shown.

The lower ends of the chains are bifur- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

Serial N o. 762,205,

cated and each armA thereof has secured to it short chains 5 havinghooks 6 adapted to releasably engage eyes 7 provided two on the outerside of each door 2. When the hoolrs 6 are engaged with the eyes 7, thedoors will be held in'the open position in which one of the doors isshown in Fig. l.

To hold theV doors closed, they may be provided each with hooks 8adapted to releasably engage screws 9 mounted in the frame below thedoors.

.Across the open bottom portion of the frame ll extend springs 11adapted to supporta mattress, lnot shown. n

Screens' 12 cover each of the doors respectively, and screens 13 coverthe end and Ytop and bottom open portions of the frame l. The screenover the bottom portion is disposed below and out of contact with thesprings 1l, so that while insects are excluded from lpassing into thecrib between the springs ll, the springs will not contact with or injurethe screen.

It will be obvious that be either retained open or closed. By completelyscreening the open portions of the frame, and suspending the frame sothat it the doors 2 may may be swung, the air will have free cir-vculation through the crib without the occupant being annoyedwithfinsects.

I do not limit my invention to the struc l ture shown and described, asmodifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be madewithout departing from the vspirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,

what I claim and desire to secure byfLetters Patent, is:- K s o l. Acrib comprising aY frame having a side opening and a door hinged atitsupper n edge to the frame at the upper side of the side opening,swinging supports for said frame, and a member carried by one of saidsupports and having a hook for detachably engaging the door tohold it inthe raised openv position. p

2. A crib comprising a frame having a side o-pening and a mattresssupport disposed horizontally with its upper surface in theV plane ofthe lower side of said opening, a swinging support for said frame, a

door hinged at its upper edge to said frame naine to this specificationin presence of two for closing said opening and adapted to be.subscribing Witnesses.

swung, when opened, to a substantially veri w i vtical position,andnieans attached to said ABRAM L' BOCE' 5 support fol releasablyengaging said dooi` Witnesses:

to hold the door in the open position. WARREN D. HOUSE, In testimonywhereof l have signed my R. E. HAMILTON.

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